Interview with:Pedro Bauza [pedrofoto]
PHOTOGRAPHY
 | Do you have an online gallery where one can view your photos? Yes, many. Here is my website www.creativephotography.com. |
| For how long have you done photography? How did you begin? 32 years(14 years commercially). My mother placed me in a photography class when I was 8 years old. |
| What has been your education as a photographer? BA in Photography. MFA in Art History. |
| Please list any exhibitions in which you have participated. Black Board Gallery - San Francisco:
1. Alternate World Man & Woman
2. Characters Part 1
3. Characters Part 2
Austin Coalition of Artist - Austin:
1. Characters
Mora Gallery - San Juan:
1. Legs
Degas Gallery - New Orleans:
1. Characters
NOLA Artists - New Orleans:
1. Characters
Positive/Negative - New Orleans:
1. Charcters
2. HFES |
| Please list any awards for your work. 1. American Photo - Honarable Mention 1999
2. Liga de Arte de San Juan - First Place 2004
3. Picture it Award - Second Place
4. Diamond Hearts Gallery -Fourth Place |
| What is your favourite type of photography? Mix of portraiture with architectural |
| What do you try to express through your photography? I always aim at telling stories with every image. |
| How do you choose your subjects? The ones I choose, I select because of unsual features. I am defnitely never looking for the average. |
| What type of preparation do you do before undertaking the photo session? 1. Outline Contents
2. Discuss contents(times/dates if needed) with participants
3. Review locations
4. Engage |
| Do you normally photograph with a purpose already in mind, or do you let yourself go with the flow? Always with a purpose in mind. |
| Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Sigma, Olympus, Sony, Pentax...which do you place your bets on and why? Canon....but my bets are never placed on the bow or the arrow, but the hunter. |
| Describe your current equipment: cameras, lenses, computers, accessories... Bronica AQ
Canon 40D
Pentax IST-D
Nikon F2
(I also collect old cameras)
I am a mac user
Lenses are too many to list. |
| What software and plug-ins do you use to retouch and manage your photos? Photoshop CS3
Aperture
Light Studio
(and a super huge conglomerate of plug-ins) |
| What measures do you take to protect your work against Internet piracy? None. I do not care about piracy. |
| Are you a good salesperson of your work? In what should you improve? No. I should actually try it. |
| Which past masters of photography do you most admire? Ansel Adams and Helmut Newton |
| Are technology and digital retouching reducing the gap between professionals and amateurs? No. |
| What is your team of habitual collaborators like? None habitual. |
| With which other photographers do you normally team up with or do sessions with? None. |
| Do you consider yourself more technical or more artistic? Artistic |
| What have you learned about the art of framing and composition? Balance draws in the viewer. |
| How does one develop the instinct of knowing when to press the shutter release button? You do not really need an instinct. Just do some pre-planning, and click the button as many times as you like. |
| When should one use film, and when should one use digital? I personally use film when I have a very long time for pre-production. Other than that, I have recently(since 2005) started usuing digital. |
| Does photography have the recognition that it should have in contemporary art museums? A considerable amount aong the places I frequent. |
| Which websites for photographers do you frequently visit? None. |
| Is there any particular technique that you could share? I like to do "Sebatiers" when I develop my own prints. But, again...my technique is my pre-planning sketching. |
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